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Kelly did not host her show as scheduled on Thursday morning. The network replaced her live telecast with a pre-taped episode.
“Given the circumstances, Megyn Kelly Today will be on tape the rest of the week,” an NBC News spokeswoman said Thursday morning.
She is scheduled to participate in the network’s midterm election night coverage in two weeks, but now that is up in the air.
The decision to retain a lawyer may signal a lengthy battle over her contract, which is reportedly valued at $23 million a year. She is in the middle of the second year of a three year contract.
NBC News staffers were calling her show a “disaster” well before this latest controversy.
And Kelly has been openly challenging the news division’s management, including NBC News chair Andy Lack, for months.
Spokespeople for NBC News declined to comment on her future at the network, and most staffers at the news division remain in the dark about what’s happening with the show.
Kelly started her show on Wednesday by apologizing for the comments made the previous day. Her audience gave her a standing ovation, but disappointment inside NBC News runs deep and isn’t likely to fade anytime soon. Al Roker and Craig Melvin strongly criticized Kelly’s comments during the 7 a.m. hour of “Today” on Wednesday. And Lack condemned her comments at an 11 a.m. town hall meeting.
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